Antarctica

A small asteroid almost hit Earth over Antarctica, as it passed within the altitude range of the International Space Station. Illustration: depositphotos.com

So close! A small asteroid passed 428 km above Antarctica

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A space rock 1–3 meters in diameter passed at an altitude similar to the ISS orbit; it was discovered hours after the pass, and observations from the Las Cumbres Observatory allowed for a precise trajectory determination
Once considered a stable, ancient giant, Glacier A-23A is now gradually breaking apart as it drifts into warmer waters. The glacier, which broke away from the Pilchner Ice Shelf in 1986, survived nearly four decades before it began to disintegrate on its journey north. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory / Michala Garrison, MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview.

NASA has documented the collapse of the giant iceberg A-23A – one of the largest and oldest in the world

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NASA satellites have documented the disintegration of the A-23A glacier, which broke away from Antarctica in 1986 and survived for almost four decades before starting to break up on its journey north.
Thwaites, also known as the "Doomsday Glacier" due to its potential to cause catastrophic sea level rise. Credit: Jeremy Harbeck

New study reveals mysterious jet-like winds accelerating Doomsday glacier melt

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By focusing on the low-level jets over the Amundsen Sea region, the team was able to uncover important clues that explain how the Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers are losing ice at an increasing rate – a process that contributes
Melting glaciers are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the world's strongest ocean current, researchers have found. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

The Great Ocean Slowdown: How Antarctic Ice Loss Is Reshaping the Climate

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New research finds that melting ice in Antarctica is weakening the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) and could lead to worsening climate extremes, disrupting marine ecosystems, and reducing the ocean's ability to absorb carbon by 2050.
Finally the DOM experiment in the South Pole Telescope detector system is starting to give results. Credit: Mark Krasberg, IceCube/NSF

Bending reality: Einstein meets quantum mechanics in Antarctic ice

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Researchers examine the interface between these two theories, using ultra-high-energy neutrinos detected by a particle detector placed deep inside the Antarctic ice sheet at the South Pole
Glacier in the Antarctic Peninsula, Palmer Islands area. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Earth Day: New study shows how fast Antarctic glaciers are melting

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Glaciers that stand on flat areas melt at a higher rate than those on mountains, there is a fear that the Thwaites Glacier will soon reach a flat area and then its melting will accelerate
Antarctica. Photo: depositphotos.com

The time capsule that hides in the ice of Antarctica

An international research expedition is currently drilling in the depths of the Antarctic ice, with the aim of finding out why the ice ages significantly lengthened over a million years ago. Their findings may also help in understanding the rise in global temperatures that we are experiencing today
Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica. Photo: NASA

Antarctica's "doomsday" glacier: its collapse could cause coastal cities to flood and islands to be swallowed

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Adding 65 cm to the global sea level will completely change the coastlines. To date, the sea level has risen by about 20 cm since 1900, which is already forcing coastal communities out of their homes and exacerbating problems
On the right - Antarctica as it actually looks - covered in ice. On the left - a map drawn by the British Antarctic Survey with the help of NASA data of the route of the terrain under the ice. Photo: British Antarctic Survey

Antarctica merged into one plate about 11 million years ago

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Simulation of the Eden-ISS food greenhouse, where a variety of edible plants can be grown in Antarctica. Source: EDEN ISS.

On the way to Mars we stop in Antarctica

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The crack in the ice shelf Larsen C. Photo: NASA.

Careful, the ice is broken

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Penguin couples in Antarctica. Photo: Tak, Flickr

Search Antarctica

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Antarctica: The warm water seeps under the glaciers. Photo: shutterstock

Sudden ice loss in Antarctica as well

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Glacier in Antarctica from Wikimedia

Additional evidence of global warming is obtained from sea level measurements around Antarctica

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Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica. Photo: NASA

NASA: Melting ice in West Antarctica seems unstoppable

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Warming also in the south

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Sea level changes in the past and possibly in the future. Map prepared by Emanuel Soding, Christian Albrecht University, using NOAA data

Why is the sea level rising faster than expected?

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Robert Falcon Scott from Wikipedia

History of science - world fame to Robert Scott / Edward G. Larson

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The path of the debris washed up from the shores of Japan in about three years. Figure: NOAA

hot! The animals went crazy

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Currents in the oceans

currents in the ocean

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Antarctica is warming much faster than previously thought

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Is a cloud of dark matter bombarding us with electrons?

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Competition between bad and bad

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How were the Antarctic mountains formed?

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From the Technion to the South Pole

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Haim Mazar/Hida and her name is Antarctica

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A large crater has been discovered under the Antarctic ice sheet that is responsible for the extinction since 250 m years ago

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The Secret Rivers of Antarctica

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Antarctica: Iceberg B-15A broke up

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A huge iceberg has collided with an ice tongue in Antarctica

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Antarctica: the giant glacier changed direction and ran aground

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A collision between two giant glaciers in Antarctica is expected today or tomorrow

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Thousands of penguins in Antarctica are in danger of dying of starvation

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Tests are planned at Lake Vostok in Antarctica

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The ice age will only return in 15,000 years, probably

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New research reveals that 35 million years ago there was no ice on the Antarctic continent

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The icebreakers go to sea - Diary No. 3 of the Antarctic Expedition, 1/1/04

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An Israeli-Palestinian delegation went to Antarctica - live reports on the Hidaan site

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Diary of a trip to Antarctica - Peace Mission - 30/12/2003

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Canada launched a satellite to study ozone and climate change

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2,800-year-old frozen bacteria from an ice-covered lake in Antarctica have come back to life

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The Icesat satellite will try to examine whether the large ice sheets are also melting (update)

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The ozone hole at the South Pole has split in two

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